Category Archives: Hey Baby!

(Great) Green Children’s Clothing

Though my children do occasionally look like complete ragamuffins I generally prefer that they look nice. I like their clothes to look nice. But children’s clothing can get expensive – especially when you have four children to clothe! And going green with children’s clothing? That can seem prohibitive. Have you seen the cost on organic [...]

Elimination Communication Talk with Marija!

I know you’ve been waiting for it, and I’m excited to have it done – the elimination communication question and answer session I did with Marija from ECWear.com is ready for you to download! This is the first audio Natural Birth and Baby Care has offered and it took me a bit of time to [...]

EC’ing Galen – Four Month Update

I have to admit I love elimination communication with Galen.  There are times it can get frustrating, yes (especially when I get wet…)  But on the whole I’m really enjoying it.  I love Galen’s little facial expressions. I think it’s because we’ve been taught that babies are not supposed to have any bladder control or [...]

EC’ing Galen – 3 Months

Elimination Communication is still going really well with Galen.  I’ve been surprised looking at my site’s statistics – my update pages on Galen have been getting a lot of visitors.  I’m glad to know that sharing our experiences with Galen may be helping some other families out there Galen has had some fussy days lately, [...]

Baby Steps to Better Nutrition

I missed Real Food Wednesday last week So I wanted to be sure I didn’t miss it this week!  This week’s carnival topic is “Rookie tips from You” – dedicated to helping you get started with better nutrition. All moms spend time thinking about how to improve nutrition.  And I think it’s safe to say [...]

Britax Sale – 20% Off!

Yep, I dropped off the face of the planet for a few days. This past week was really tiring. Updates to come in the next few days. For now, I had to share the good news! Amazon is having their annual Britax sale through February 15th. We got a new seat for Asher last year [...]

Galen at 3 Months Old!

My precious babe is 3 months old! I thought I’d share some pictures: I love it that when Galen wakes up and sees me now, he just breaks out in this huge grin. It makes me feel so nice that he likes to see me. He’s such a good sweet little baby.  With the exception [...]

The No-Cry Nap Solution – an Excerpt

Author Elizabeth Pantley has just released a new book, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems. She’s been kind enough to share an excerpt for you. I haven’t read the book yet but it looks intriguing. I’ve found her other books to be good quality and truly helpful. Have [...]

My Babywearing Coat! A SUSE Kindercoat

I am in love with my babywearing coat! I’ve wanted one for a long time and realllllly wanted one with a baby in a northern MI winter. So when Scott’s office gave us a nice monetary gift after Galen was born I splurged and got my babywearing coat! My coat is a Delux Suse’s Kindercoat [...]

Food Challenge – Day 3 Update

We’re well into the food challenge and definitely eating well.  Everyone appears to be enjoying it thus far because traditional foods are incredibly tasty! I haven’t noticed much difference in how I feel physically other than I find I tend to have a pleasantly full tummy most of the day.  Moving from breakfast to the [...]